“It wasn’t so long ago that people worried about a digital divide, in which online access would be a luxury good that left the bottom half behind”
It wasn’t so long ago that people worried about a digital divide, in which...
Author Archives: Drew Kaplan
“The recent surge of creativity that has propelled craft beer to new heights has also brought with it hundreds of unique interpretations of the Belgian tradition of mixed fermentations made with wild bacteria, wild yeast, fresh fruit, unique spices, unique barrels, and experimental techniques”
The recent surge of creativity that has propelled craft beer to new heights has...
“Craft beer has grown dramatically over the last few years”
Craft beer has grown dramatically over the last few years. What began as an...
“Trump flouts the epistemological basis of contemporary political discourse…”
The strange alliance that has emerged between even Trump-supporting Republican elites and a critical...
“’Racism’ spent the first half of the 20th century in competition with another word, ‘racialism’, though neither featured prominently in our national conversation”
The first cited use of “racism” in The Oxford English Dictionary comes from 1902,...
“My mother believes that injustice is the normal, unchangeable state of things”
My mother believes that injustice is the normal, unchangeable state of things. My mother...
“…mix of youthful safety and adult immaturity may be a feature of life in a society increasingly shaped by the internet’s virtual realities”
Since the 1990s, we’ve seen two broad social changes that few observers would have...
“…the national press is undoubtedly cosmopolitan in its outlook…”
I have worked in a number of newsrooms, and I know writers and editors...
“The Anglo-culture invasion exemplified by the Beatles U.S. tour in 1964 could also be felt in American brewing”
The Anglo-culture invasion exemplified by the Beatles U.S. tour in 1964 could also be...
“…worryingly, the study of trauma has both a dubious intellectual history and an abysmal track record…”
The murky science of risk assessment relies on attempts to quantify “trauma” and “adversity,”...